My Computer the pyro

[StinkyCheese]

As much as I love fire and all the fun it brings seeing flames inside my tower is NOT a good thing. Saw some smoke, took me a minute to figure out it was coming from the computer area immediately tapped the power buttons on both my dad's tower and mine and then noticed flames from my case so I reached behind and cut the power off at the PSU, then pulled the tower out and started yanking the usb, power, and video cables out from the back and wheeled/carried the case out to the back porch. I guess the stupid adapter shorted or just went bad. No clue why it would do this after months of running fine. Amazingly a little scraping and cutting with my pocket knife to get the sata power plug to fit back on/in and my Sammy SSDs still work!

 

https://www.box.com/s/3vviuhuw79dlcq5f9hd5

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https://www.box.com/s/5mzbs9gi65l67df15kli

[waumo1]

I guess the Chinese don't know about using flameproof plastic for electrical connectors!

[StinkyCheese]

Something like that, better be the connector and not my PSU since it's only 3.5 years old. Still a great reason to get a modular PSU since I have all those unused molex lines taking up space. Plus a new PSU would come with more sata connectors negating the need for an adapter.

[GMCDriver1]

One of the reasons I never leave my computer on all the time. I had something similar happen when my graphics card overheated (several cooling fans failed and I was too dumb to check them) Only I ended up replacing everything. To the tune of about $1500

[jdnoble18]

Raid 0 or Raid 1 for those SSD's? Might want to get a new/different brand. A quality PSU would shutdown if it detected a short.

[StinkyCheese]

Raid 0 or Raid 1 for those SSD's? Might want to get a new/different brand. A quality PSU would shutdown if it detected a short.

Raid 0 until the 840 pro 5xx gig drops down to what I think is a reasonable price. I still think it was the cheap adapter and not the PSU (corsair so yes quality psu was in use) that caused it, mainly

because there were 3 other devices hooked up to that line and nothing happened to them and one of which was another cheap adapter. Also I don't think the adapter that caught fire was even the first one on the line. The only reason I replaced my PSU the other day is because the new one is modular and has 12 sata power hook ups thus negating me having to use adapters. The 80+ gold rating is a nice bonus. I use 40-60 watts less power with I max out my power draw running prime 95 and kombuster at the same time which I'll never do other than to see absolute max power draw. Otherwise I save 10-30 watts on average.

One of the reasons I never leave my computer on all the time. I had something similar happen when my graphics card overheated (several cooling fans failed and I was too dumb to check them) Only I ended up replacing everything. To the tune of about $1500

 

Always been a concern of mine but my computer stays on anywhere from 8 hours a day to a week straight or more so I guess it's a small in the back of my mind type of concern. Turning on a computer does more harm than leaving it on constantly anyway.

[GMCDriver1]

That is how it used to be, back in the 80s and 90s but no longer. They are built to withstand daily starts and restarts.

[gnet158]

That's what happens when you leave the "Turbo" button on for to long. Old timers will get this. Damm...

[StinkyCheese]

lol I think I had a computer with a turbo button, if that's what you're referring to? The newer ones do it automatically. I disabled it and I run it at a constant 4.0ghz

[gnet158]

Yea, and I'll include my self in the old timers group.

[StinkyCheese]

Yea, and I'll include my self in the old timers group.

 

I'm not really a gamer as I'm developing way too much distaste/hatred for consoles. Now more so than in the past, consoles just cost way too much for the little you get back. PC!